Reuss

English

The Reuss as seen in Lucerne.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Reuss.

Proper noun

Reuss (countable and uncountable, plural Reusses)

1. A river in Switzerland, spanning from its source in Uri to its mouth in Aargau.
2. A surname from German.

Translations

river

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅伊斯河／罗伊斯河 (Luóyīsī Hé)

• German: Reuss (de) f

  Alemannic German: Rüüss f

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Reuss is the 20309^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1309 individuals. Reuss is most common among White (96.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Reuss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

From an earlier form Rusa, first attested in 1296. Possibly from an earlier *Sila which also gave Silenen its name. Reuss was also known as Ursa from the 16th to the 19th c.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔɪ̯s/

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• Hyphenation: Reuss

Proper noun

Reuss f (proper noun, genitive Reuss)

1. Reuss

Declension

Declension of Reuss [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Reuss
genitive	einer	der	Reuss
dative	einer	der	Reuss
accusative	eine	die	Reuss

Further reading

• Reuss on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Reuss (Fluss) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Reuss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Reuss” in Duden online
• “Reuss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon